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RALEIGH, N.C. The Carolina Hurricanes continue to compete hard and well against some of the NHL's best teams. The Canes just can't find a way to beat them. The Hurricanes battled the Chicago Blackhawks Monday, putting 44 shots on goalie Corey Crawford and winning a lot of 1-on-1 battles but losing the game 3-1. Goalie Anton Khudobin did his part in net, Victor Rask scored and the Canes spent a lot of time in the Chicago zone in the final two periods with numerous scoring chances. But the Blackhawks (44-22-6) got first-period goals from Andrew Shaw and Patrick Sharp, weathered the Canes' offensive flurries and clinched it on Shaw's empty-net goal with 40 seconds...

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